Fighting off the enemy

[Mike7431]

Brewed up my first lager today, a munich dunkel. Wish I could say that it went without a hitch, but unfortunately that wasn't the case.

As my wort was reaching pitching temp, the end of my immersion chiller hit a dirty rag and sprayed some water into the kettle. I quickly pitched the yeast and put it in my fermentation chamber.

I am hoping that my yeast will be able to fight off any bacteria that got in the beer. But I was wondering if there is anything that I can do from here to help give my beer a fighting chance, or do I just need to sit back and keep my fingers crossed?

 

[doomy86]

what kind of dirty rag was it?

 

[Brownalemikie]

When brewing, I always keep a spray bottle of Starsan nearby and had a similar thing happen to me. About a month ago after my wort cooled down after the boil, I dropped an unsanitized thermometer into the 65 degree wort. The only thing I could think of was to spray Starsan on the surface of the wort. Well, the beer turned out fine.....no infection.

 

[hottpeper13]

Depending on the RAG, could add the right flavor. If it's a high ABV beer you could call it CAT.....atonic, you know depending on the rag.